Half a King
By: Joe Abercrombie
Grade: A-
Joe Abercrombie was on my list of authors I want to read this year. For some reason he had always made me a bit nervous because I have the impression of long and dense series that will take a while. Half a King came highly recommended however and the main character was compared to Tyrion Lannister so I thought I’d give it a try.
And I am so happy I did!
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Directed By: Mike Newell
Grade: B
I had been waiting for this one to hit Netflix ever since I saw the trailer many months ago. Plus I did really enjoy the book on which it was based. I also generally love Lily James- so yeah, a little excited for this movie to hit.
Sadie
By: Courtney Summers
Grade: A-
“I can’t take another dead girl.”
“We have more story than time to tell it- but I suppose that’s true for all of us.”
I received Sadie from Netgalley in exchange for an honest opinion.
The Meg
Directed By: Jon Turteltaub
Grade: C+
Generally speaking I think you know someones a keeper when they jump into the ocean and fight a giant prehistoric thought to be extinct shark monster to save you. Which did kind of make me laugh in the movie because dude you just meet this chick!
Welcome to the blog tour for These Rebel Waves!
(Stream Raiders #1)
By: Sara Raasch
Publishers: Balzer + Bray
Release Date: August 7, 2018
YA/Fantasy
Pirates, heretics, magic, conspiracies and politics galore. The These Rebel Waves tour is kindly put on by Fantastic Flying Book Club. Although I couldn’t get my ARC copy to download and got bored with trying so I bought my own. Luckily, I liked it!
While I’m not the biggest fan of musicals I was watching Ella Enchanted a few weeks back and it struck me that a good musical number or two can always put a smile on my face 🙂 You just have to know when to use them.
Which naturally got me thinking about the movies that could have used them/should definitely have them!
(FYI Possible Spiderman & Wonder Woman spoilers. Nothing that isn’t out in the news but if you are trying to stay completely spoiler free for either. Please don’t read.)
Sabrina
By: Nick Drnaso
Grade: C-
I leapt at reading Sabrina when I saw it was the first graphic novel ever on the Man Booker Award list. I love graphic novels and the subject matter- about a missing woman and the effects the media and social media have on the family and the story- well, it’s something that very much has interested me lately.
A little bit of what they should have said. A little bit of what I would have said. Some specific characters. Some general… Mainly me procrastinating on my other writing 🙂
Okay, so The Spy Who Dumped Me is a comedy and Mission Impossible: Fallout an action/drama but they both totally made me want to hop on a plane immediately and go running off to Europe.
They also bring up some interesting life questions.
the cheerleaders
by: Kara Thomas
Grade: A
5 years ago a series of back-to-back tragedies involving the deaths of 5 cheerleaders shocked a town shocked a small town. Now Monica Rayburn- the younger sister of the last cheerleader to die that year discovers a series of strange warnings and finds her sisters old phone all of which makes her start to question what actually happened.
Who really killed the cheerleaders?
